Not ions alone: barriers to ion permeation in nanopores and channels.
A hydrophobic pore of subnanometer dimensions can appear impermeable to an ion even though its radius is still much wider than that of the ion. Pores of molecular dimensions can be found, for instance, in carbon nanotubes, zeolites, or ion channel proteins. We quantify this barrier to ion permeation...
Main Authors: | Beckstein, O, Tai, K, Sansom, MS |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2004
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